Newsweek International articles from August 2008

Newsweek International archives from August 2008

The Case of Kosovo.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 4, 2008... Readers of Denis MacShane's June 16 column rejected his views on Kosovo's independence. One wrote, "It's a one-sided, biased piece." Another said, "Balkanization can only be avoided by negotiation and compromise." A third argued, "It's odd to...

Redefining The 'Axis Of Evil'.(World Affairs)(nuclear-disarmament deal)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl, B. J. Lee and Stephen Glain A new nuclear-disarmament deal could change life for North Koreans--if it lives up to all it promises. The spectacle of the White House's hailing a major diplomatic breakthrough with...

India's One-Legged Legacy.(Point of View)(Manmohan Singh)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Pramit Pal Chaudhuri; CHAUDHURI is senior editor of the Hindustan Times. Singh promised growth and security, but pushed only the popular option, welfare spending. Manmohan Singh's four-year term in office has been resurrected...

Democracy in the Dock.(World Affairs)(Justice and Development Party)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With SAMI KOHEN IN Istanbul What if a Turkish court does ban the ruling party, prime minister and president? Later this summer, Turkey's top court will convene in a chamber presided over by a bust of the...

The Back of the Crowd.(World Affairs; The Balkans)(Serbia)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland Even after handing over a war criminal, Serbia is far from ready to join the EU. There were two milestones in the Balkans this July: the 13th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, when Serb nationalists killed...

Healing Old Wounds.(Point of View)(Radovan Karadzic)
August 4, 2008... When I first met Radovan Karadzic in Sarajevo in 1990, the psychiatrist turned politician seemed to prefer reciting his poems to talking politics. I thought his poetry was bad, but maybe Serbian epic style was lost on me as a reporter covering...

Between Hanoi And Havana.(Point of View)
August 4, 2008... At a recent meeting in Hanoi of a new global outfit called the Emerging Markets Forum, a group that is positioning itself as an emerging-economy, though business-oriented, alternative to Davos, participants were exposed to a fascinating...

Games Countries Play.(Olympics)(Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World)(Book review)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Andrew Bast If the 1960 Rome Olympics didn't change the world, it did reveal a changed one. Beijing is next. On the final evening of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, a little-known Ethiopian stepped to the starting line of the...

A Quest for the Perfect Potato.(Society)(changing farming methods to adapt to rising temperature)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Lucy Conger Pervuvian farmers have surprised the experts by adapting farming methods to rising temperatures. Peru is considered to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. On the steep slopes of...

Weathering the Storm.(Business)(Brazilian economy)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis The specter of global stagflation looms, but in Brazil, things couldn't be better. How a socialist giant became the world's hottest market. The specter of rising food and fuel prices now threatens to destroy an...

Good Cop, Mad Cop.(The Last Word)(National Anti-Corruption Committee's Kirill Kabanov)(Interview)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Kirill Kabanov A specter is haunting Russia--the specter of corruption. President Dmitry Medvedev, who last spring said Russia is suffering from "legal nihilism," conceded last week that some government jobs can be bought. Kirill...

How Obama Could Tame Iran.(World View)(Barack Obama)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Selig S. Harrison; Harrison is director of the Iran Program at the Center for International Policy. Assume that Barack Obama is elected U.S. president this fall and makes good on his promise to negotiate with Iran without...

It's All About Commodities.(Global Investor)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; SHARMA is head of emerging markets for Morgan Stanley Asset Management. For much of the past decade, the emerging markets ofaBrazil and Turkey were considered identical twins.aFollowing their long history of high...

Away Beyond.(The Good Life; TRAVEL)(Mountain Lodges, Lapa Rios, Longitude 131)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Travis Wentworth The elusive promise of the great escape, of leaving the BlackBerry at home and communing with nature, now rings hollow: experiences of "getting away from it all" are a dime a dozen. These remote sanctuaries require...

Hot Spot.(The Good Life; GOOD LIFE)(helane darroze)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Tiffanie Wen THE HELANE DARROZE AT THE CONNAUGHT LONDON PART of the historic five-star hotel's [pounds sterling]70 million restoration, the noted French chef's eponymous restaurant opened on Bastille Day to an eagerly...

OAXACA CITY.(The Good Life; 4 HOURS IN)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Sarah Garland JUST two years ago, the restaurants and shops in this colonial Mexican city were closed off to outsiders after protesters and soldiers briefly turned it into a battleground. Now peace has returned, and with it, the...

Space Odyssey.(The Good Life; Travel)(space flights)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Amadea Britton Beginning in 2010, a number of companies will offer rocket-powered space flights that will take astronaut wannabes just past the Karman Line--the official edge of space, 100km above Earth--where passengers can...

New Shades That Break The Pattern.(The Good Life; Style)(sunglasses)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala While on the lam in "North by Northwest," Cary Grant disguises himself with black sunglasses. Immediately someone asks, "What's wrong with your eyes?" Attempts at traveling incognito might fail just as badly with this...

PERSPECTIVES.(Perspectives)(Quotation)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: QUOTATION SOURCES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: BBC; SPIEGEL, GERMANY; REUTERS (2); AP "It got drunk and now it's got a hangover." U.S. President George W. Bush, explaining Wall Street's financial crisis at a private political...

Why Europe Loves A Leader It Could Never Vote For.(Periscope; Obamamania)(Barack Obama)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil What was most interesting about the throngs who came to see Barack Obama in Europe last week was never articulated in public. It's that they adore him for America (the Bild tabloid called the German reaction "love at...

Goodbye Iraq, Hello Pakistan.(Periscope; Terror Travels)(al-qaeda)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Andrew Bast Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said last week there is some intelligence that Al Qaeda is shifting forces from Iraq to Pakistan and Afghanistan. That would continue a larger trend: the departure of...

Russians On The Hudson.(Periscope; Baronial Estates)(Russian oligarchs invest on real estate properties in the US)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross In this summer of high-end real-estate purgatory, salvation is coming from a new source: Russian oligarchs, flush with oil wealth and looking to invest in some prime stateside property. In early July, an...

By The Numbers.(Periscope)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
August 4, 2008... Malaysia's leading opposition figure, Anwar Ibrahim, was recently detained on sodomy charges, which could land him up to 20 years in jail. A look at other countries that outlaw sex between consenting gay adults: 85Number of nations that...

Prime-Time Juvenile Rehab.(Periscope; Reality TV)(youth crime action plan)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove Banged Up," a new U.K. reality show starring David Blunkett (the former British Home secretary who clamped down on youth crime), follows 10 unruly teens whose parents have volunteered them to be locked away. Blunkett...

Sound Of The Games.(Periscope; World Music)(Olympic Games, Tijs Verwest)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala China has promised an Olympics this year of unparalleled grandeur and novelty. Still, when viewers tune in to the festivities next month, the Games' signature sound might seem a bit familiar. That will be thanks to...

Still Scully.(Periscope; INTERVIEW)(Gillian Anderson)(Interview)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Gillian Anderson reprises her role as Special Agent Dana Scully in "X-Files 2: I Want to Believe." She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. I've got to confess. I don't know anything about the "X-Files." Why is it such a big...

The Digit.(Periscope)
August 4, 2008... John McCain outpolls Barack Obama in just one foreign country, Jordan, where 23% of Pew survey respondents prefer the Republican and 22% like the Democrat.

Curse Of The Microbloggers.(The Technologist)(Internet social sites)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Brian Braiker The first thing Amanda Mooney, 22, does when she wakes up in the morning is fire up her laptop. She opens "a crazy amount of tabs" and checks in on her Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube friends. A self-described...

Mail Call: America's Economy.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 11, 2008... Readers of our June 16 cover package on recession endorsed Fareed Zakaria's views. One echoed, "Improving the economy involves some short-term pain." Another said, "We Americans waste more than the rest of the world." A third wrote, "We are all...

Up, Up and Away ...(Economics)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar; With Andrew Bast in New York Half the world is living with double-digit inflation, as boom gives way to bust. Globalization used to be all about making things cheaper. It's hard to think of much that didn't go...

Explaining the Pain.(World Affairs; Voices)(inflation)
August 11, 2008... Economic leaders and experts lay out the inflation problem, and how to fix it. Prevent The Worst Of All Worlds Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on how rich and poor nations must work together to make sure commodities inflation doesn't snowball....

The Problem Is Pakistan.(World Affairs; Point of View)(Pakistani-Afghan border)
August 11, 2008... Barack Obama has said that the United States needs to send an extra 10,000 troops to Afghanistan. John McCain wants to send 15,000. But before ordering more soldiers into the fray, the next U.S. president should think about Afghanistan's...

Britain's Great Divide.(World Affairs)(economic gap)
August 11, 2008... Byline: William Underhill After 11 years of Labour, the gap between the wealthy and the poor is as large as ever. Why? Any supporter of the British Labour Party should know its guiding principles. Just look at the declaration on the...

Incarceration Nation.(World Affairs; France)(French prisons)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Tracy McNicoll French prisons are becoming an embarrassment. It's an especially hot summer in French jails. In July, the number of detainees hit 64,250 people--the highest number since World War II, when jails were crowded with...

Singapore's Discomfort Zone.(Society and the Arts; The Arts)(theater)(Discussion)
August 11, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Four directors discuss the evolving role of theater in exploring sensitive issues like sex, race and politics. From their digs in a row house in Singapore's historic Little India,...

Emerging Fault Lines.(World Affairs)(Latin America's regional movements)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Andrew Bast; With Stephan Kuffner in Quito and Jimmy Langman in La Paz With in Quito and in La Paz Latin America's populists tried to centralize their power. But regional leaders are now pushing back. Ten years ago Hugo Chavez...

Even Insects Can Sing Arias.(Society and the Arts)(offbeat operas)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Unlikely inspirations bring new life to an old art. Having hosted the likes of Tchaikovsky, Toscanini, Mahler and Stravinsky on its centuries-old stages, the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris is no stranger to superhuman...

Putting a Complex Novel to Music.(Society and the Arts)(Amy Tan)(Interview)
August 11, 2008... Amy Tan writes the libretto for 'The Bonesetter's Daughter.' On Sept. 13, the San Francisco Opera will premiere "The Bonesetter's Daughter," an opera based on Amy Tan's 2001 novel. Tan's libretto tells the tale of a troubled...

A Palette for the Palate.(Society and the Arts)(Silks Palace restaurant)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Adams A restaurant near Taipei's National Palace Museum serves works of art that are more than metaphorical. Imagine if the greatest works from the Chinese imperial collection of art became... edible. That's the basic...

Too Serious For Trade Minsters?(The Last Word; CELSO AMORIM)(Interview)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck Celso Amorim, Brazil's foreign minister and long-serving trade chief, is not one to dodge a spat. At World Trade Organization talks in Geneva last week over a global rulebook slated to boost world wealth...

Now Green Means Business.(Global Investor)
August 11, 2008... For any company with a supply chain, if they want to continue being profitable, they have to reduce their carbon footprint. Environmental concern is suddenly all the rage, all around the world. Unless you've been buried in a coal mine for...

Bathing In Bordeaux.(The Good Life; HEALTH)(spas that offer grape-based treatments)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Amber Haq The sap that leaks from cut grapevines is believed to have magical properties in Bordeaux. "We say the vine is crying," says Mathilde Thomas, estate owner and pioneer of vinotherapy, the use of grapes and vines in skin...

Hot Spot: Hotel LKF, Hong Kong.(The Good Life)(Rhombus International)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Lennox Samuels Open barely two years, this award-winning boutique from Rhombus International is one of the city's most desirable hotels, and one of the hippest spots in Lan Kwai Fong, the ultratrendy section of the Central district...

4 Hours In Vancouver.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Kristin Luna British Columbia's most cosmopolitan city and the future host of the 2010 Olympics, this pristine Canadian destination exudes a laid-back, West Coast vibe with an environmentally friendly flair. Ascend Grouse...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(shoe chest)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... No jet-setting fashionista will want to leave home without Delconte's traveling shoe cupboard. The Voyage shoe chest can hold up to 30 pairs, allowing any stylish holidaymaker to wear a different pair of Manolos or Jimmy Choos each day for a...

Not So Buried Treasures.(The Good Life; FASHION)(X-marked clothes and accesories)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Integral to Roman numerals, algebra and pirate maps, the letter X is now making its mark on fashion. Often a symbol for the unknown, it's hard to miss when thin beige strips crisscross at the waist of an iconic black...

Cycling While Styling.(The Good Life; RECREATION)(bicycles)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Erin Prah A bicycle needn't be all about going places. These chic, retro-styled statement cycles combine utility with luxurious good looks. The Sogreni Classic is handmade in Denmark and weighs a mere 10 kilos. The entire bike is...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... "I am proud to be the prime minister of a country that investigates its prime ministers." Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, announcing his plan to resign in September due to an ongoing corruption investigation against him "I do...

The Bulls Have Left Moscow.(Periscope; Foreign Markets)(Russian stock markets)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews Under Vladimir Putin, it seemed, no Kremlin ploy could shake world confidence in Russian markets. The 2004 jailing of tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on politically motivated charges sent the market into a swoon, but...

The Beijing Whodunit.(Periscope; Olympic Trials)(China's human-rights record)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner To host the games China gave the International Olympic Committee vague vows to "improve human rights," ease pollution and allow the press "sufficient access to the Internet." But when journalists began arriving they...

Spy Wars.(Periscope; Islamabad Journal)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Zahid Hussain, Michael Hirsh and Mark Hosenball In the latest sign of internal turmoil in Pakistan, tensions are rising between the ruling party of slain leader Benazir Bhutto and the country's powerful military. In a move widely...

By the Numbers.(Periscope)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
August 11, 2008... Britain's M.I.5 has disclosed data on suspected terrorist messages it intercepts, showing most (60 percent) come from Northern Irish radicals, not Islamists. Interpol's Europe-wide data shows a similar pattern: 89 Percent of the 543...

A New Cultural Chernobyl.(Periscope; Wide World Of Sports)(ultimate fighting championship)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: John Sparks European intellectuals who make a living attacking American cultural invaders, from McDonald's to Disney and the NBA, now have a new target. Zuffa International of Las Vegas has picked the Continent as a key growth...

Run, Murakami, Run.(Periscope; LITERARY LIVES)('What I Talk About When I Talk About Running')(Brief article)(Book review)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker In the annals of literary history, novelists have often been sports maniacs--Hemingway had his hunting, Mailer his boxing, Plimpton his football. Now Japanese cult writer Haruki Murakami has his marathons. In his new...

A Funnier Fringe.(Periscope; STATE OF THE ARTS)(Edinburgh Fringe)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove The Edinburgh Fringe has long been known as the wackier little sib of the esteemed Edinburgh Summer Festivals. But has the Fringe become too funny? This year comedy acts make up a record 32 percent of the...

The Death of English (LOL).(The Technologist)(text messaging)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Lily Huang In an experiment, the more adept children were at text messaging, the better they did in spelling and writing. The most hotly contested controversy sparked by the text-messaging phenomenon of the past eight years is...

Mail Call: A Necessary War?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 25, 2008... Readers of Christopher Hitchens's piece on the "good war" were divided about the necessity of World War II. One called his review of Pat Buchanan's book "masterful." Another agreed, "Buchanan's book stinks." A third said: "Millions of lives...

Miracle In 100 Days.(World Affairs)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Jacopo Barigazzi How Berlusconi brought order to chaotic Italy, and what comes next. In his first 100 days in office, Silvio Berlusconi may have done the impossible: to a degree unprecedented in modern Italian history, he...

The Dream of a New Turkey.(World Affairs; POINT OF VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
August 25, 2008... The court action has gifted the Islamist parties with the popular underdog brand. Since arriving in Ankara earlier this summer I have been having a cool Turkish dream. No, it does not take place on a yacht sailing through turquoise waters...

The Radioactive Energy Plan.(World Affairs)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil Germans were once dead set against nuclear energy. But high energy costs are forcing them to rethink. The latest casualty of the rising cost of energy is one of Europe's most persistent political taboos: Germany's...

Playing A Name Game.(World Affairs; CUBA)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras Why ask why? Lots of Cuban monikers are unusual, and many begin with the 25th letter of the alphabet. Dayron. Yampier. Yankiel. Yordenis. Yulieski. Eglis. Idel. These are just some of the stranger given names...

Why Should We Be Friends?(Business)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker; With Akiko Kashiwagi In Tokyo And B. J. Lee In Seoul.With In Tokyo And In Seoul. As Japan builds a new generation of robot companions, U.S. firms focus on pragmatics. Meet Wakamaru and Roomba, two householdhelper...

Big Oil, No Mojo.(Business)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil With BP battered in Russia, and Total looking beyond petrol to nukes, what does the future hold? BP CEO Tony Hayward is fighting the biggest battle in the British oil giant's history since it enlisted the CIA to...

Alistair Darling: Beating Back Disaster.(The Last Word)(Interview)
August 25, 2008... Byline: William Underhill We used to talk 15 years ago about returning to full employment; people would laugh. We have made huge strides. The timing of Alistair Darling's latest promotion was, at the very least, unlucky. A year ago he...

Russian Moves in the Americas.(World View)(on Russia's plan to re-establish ties wit Cuba)
August 25, 2008... Russia's push into the region could force others into an arms race that no one wants or can afford. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's surprising announcement in early August that his country would seek to "re-establish" ties with the...

Shelling Out for Space in Mumbai.(Top Shelf)
August 25, 2008... Manhattan apartments cost on average $1,263 per square foot--less than in some parts of Mumbai. By Sameer Reddy Occasionally I amuse myself by perusing apartment listings online, fantasizing about the luxury pad I plan on purchasing as...

The New Peacemakers.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM)(Brief article)
August 25, 2008... With George W. Bush on his way out, some of the more intractable conflicts seem to be ever more in flux. CW looks at the players: George W. Bush SIDE: Works with Pyongyang, has an envoy meet with Iran--what's not to like? Oh, right. ...

The XX Edition.(Periscope; A CW LOOK AT WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP)(Brief article)
August 25, 2008... There's more opportunity than ever for women to crack the glass ceiling in politics. But getting the job could be the easy part. Tzipi Livni SIDE: With Olmert outbound, she could be next P.M. But macho Israelis still chafe at Golda. ...

Build It And They Will Learn.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(universities)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Zvika Krieger The geography of higher ed is changing fast, with Asia and the Mideast coming on strong. Drive down Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai's main thoroughfare, and you'll pass the world's only seven-star hotel, its tallest...

Ballad of the Old Cafes.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(universities in the Middle East)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Zvika Krieger War, chaos and repression are driving the decline of the once great Arab centers of learning. For centuries, the academic center of the world lay in the Fertile Crescent, stretching from Egypt to Iraq....

When More Is Worse.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(educational standards of universities in India)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf India's vast plan to build a bevy of new schools will fix only half the problem: quantity, not quality. On the sprawling campus of Delhi University, the fear in July was as palpable as the excitement. For several...

The Star Students Of The Islamic Republic.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)
August 25, 2008... Forget Harvard--one of the world's best undergraduate colleges is in Iran. In 2003, administrators at Stanford University's Electrical Engineering Department were startled when a group of foreign students aced the notoriously difficult...

The Big Brains Are Back.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(academics lured back to China)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Mary Hennock A booming China is luring home its best and its brightest--along with some westerners as well. China has fought a battle against brain drain since Deng Xiaoping opened the nation's doors 30 years ago. Many of the...

The Campus Of The Future.(Special Report; THE NEW UNIVERSITY)(Arizona State University)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil; With Zvika Krieger in the U.A.E.With in the To better compete, a few bold leaders are rethinking their schools from the ground up. Michael Crow is overseeing one of the most radical redesigns in higher learning...

Tune In Tomorrow.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(online education )
August 25, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil; With Andrew Bast in New YorkWith in New York New technology and higher gas prices are driving a boom in online education across the United States. In Aaron Walsh's course on Collaborative Computing at Boston...

A Global Headhunt.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(on hiring college administrators)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan; With William Underhill in London Universities are starting to look beyond their borders when it comes time to hire a new boss. When next year's crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the...

Keeping Oxford on Top.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(University of Oxford)
August 25, 2008... How the world's most famous university works to ensure it deserves that sterling reputation. No institution prospers for 800 years unless it's good at adapting. So when it comes to the global challenges that face universities today, it...

Opting For The Arts.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)(liberal arts)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Duncan Hewitt; With Melinda Liu in Beijing and Sudip Mazumdar in New Delhi Thanks to newfound wealth, liberal arts courses are starting to bloom in the developing world. China's academies are obsessed with getting ahead in...

From The President's Office.(Special Report; THE AMERICAN SCENE)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Shapiro lives in New York City and is the chair of the board of trustees of Common Cents, an educational nonprofit. First Person: After 14 years at Barnard, a leader looks back at how much has changed--from the tech revolution to...

Harvard Hits The Rich-Poor Gap.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores And now all the richest American universities are rethinking financial aid. Jennie D'Amico first heard the news in an ecstatic e-mail from her father in Brewer, Maine. It was December 2007--the middle of her...

Brand Names, Bad Values?(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross It's clear that college educations pay off, but it's less clear that famous schools are worth the added cost. There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into U.S. college-tuition calculators...

Or Maybe Major In Comp Lit?(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)
August 25, 2008... Byline: Sharon Begley Don't believe the hype. Contrary to reports, the United States isn't suffering a shortage of scientists. Let's not exaggerate: science and engineering are not the new Comp Lit or philosophy, those undergraduate...

A Second-Rate Secondary Education.(Special Report; THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL)
August 25, 2008... High schools need to start treating their students with the same respect colleges do. The weakest and most vulnerable element in education, particularly in the developed world, is the education of adolescents in our secondary-school...

Keeping Up With Korea.(Special Report; THE EDUCATION RACE)
August 25, 2008... Byline: B. J. Lee and Adam B. Kushner Move over, Andover and Exeter. Two South Korean high schools score high on Ivy League acceptances. Even as Visa restrictions have tightened in the United States since September 11, foreign students...